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Originally posted by justjoe:
I watched the interview with Laura Ingraham, and Walz was lying his ass off. Too much head movement, eye blinking, and over-answering questions, puffing them up with irrelevant material.

I have no idea what's going on exactly, but he should be fired and his access to classified information suspended until the full story is clear.

If for no other reason, he should be fired on "the buck stops here" principle.

A different possibility is the someone at Signal put the journalist into the contact list for Waltz. That lying leftist Katherine Mayer of NPR is also on the board of directors of Signal, according to what I have read. If Walz did it, then he is lying about not knowing the Journalist. If Walz did not do it, then who did?

^^^^
How many more posts are we going to see about that nothin’ burger?

The anti-American shit-bags at Rutgers now needs to lose their $560 MILLION in Federal support -

https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1906055261795545137



From the inter-webz -

“How much money do Rutgers get from the federal government? -
Fiscal Year 2024 Sponsored Award Funding -

Total Funding Sources received is $969.5M with a breakdown of $560. M (58%) from Federal, $222.1M (23%) from the State of NJ, $130.7M (13%) from Corporations, and $56.7M (6%) from Associations/Foundations.”

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Originally posted by Cookster:
The anti-American shit-bags at Rutgers now needs to lose their $560 MILLION in Federal support -

https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1906055261795545137



From the inter-webz -

“How much money do Rutgers get from the federal government? -
Fiscal Year 2024 Sponsored Award Funding -

Total Funding Sources received is $969.5M with a breakdown of $560. M (58%) from Federal, $222.1M (23%) from the State of NJ, $130.7M (13%) from Corporations, and $56.7M (6%) from Associations/Foundations.”

Problem Solver:

Our tax dollars used to censor conservative websites: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfr...25/03/27/id/1204637/

TDS spreads all over the the world.
Btw, this is Sky News UK, not Sky News Australia, which is staunch Trump supporter.

Sky News is ripped apart for blaming TRUMP and DOGE for suffering in Myanmar earthquake

By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 21:22 EDT, 29 March 2025 | UPDATED: 23:07 EDT, 29 March 2025

Sky News is coming under fire from Trump supporters after the news network published a column linking the devastation caused by Myanmar's catastrophic earthquake and humanitarian crisis to President Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

At the heart of the uproar is a 1,200-word dispatch filed by International Affairs Editor Dominic Waghorn, whose commentary argued how the US government's dismantling of USAID under Trump had compounded the disaster's fallout.

'The Myanmar quake is the first major disaster to suffer the brunt of Donald Trump's USAID cuts,' Waghorn wrote, pointing to the administration's controversial closure of America's international aid agency as a contributing factor to the scale of the suffering.

Critics denounced the analysis as an overtly politicized leap in the wake of the tragedy, with many accusing the network of exploiting a moment of grief to score ideological points.

At least 1,000 people are confirmed dead and many more are still buried beneath rubble after the powerful earthquake struck near Mandalay on Friday, collapsing infrastructure across northern Myanmar and sending tremors as far as Bangkok.

The Southeast Asian nation, already gripped by civil war and governed by a repressive military junta has found itself dependent on international goodwill for relief and recovery.

But before rescue efforts could even ramp up, Sky News published its 'analysis' piece.

'This will be the first natural disaster to happen after President Donald Trump shut down America's international aid agency with potentially devastating consequences,' Sky's Waghorn wrote.

'Yesterday, Trump promised Myanmar aid for the earthquake. In reality, his administration has fired most of the people most experienced at organizing that help and shut down the means to provide it.'

He cited the scale of the damage, the chaotic state of Myanmar's politics, and the decimation of the US government's foreign aid apparatus under DOGE, the newly created agency charged with eliminating government waste.

Though not mentioned by name in his piece, the DOGE-led effort to dissolve USAID has been met with legal resistance.

Just last week, a federal judge issued a scathing injunction: 'The Court finds that Defendants' actions taken to shut down USAID on an accelerated basis… likely violated the Constitution in multiple ways.'

Waghorn made the logical point that fewer American resources mean a weaker global disaster response with Myanmar tragically being the first to suffer under the new world order.

But for thousands online, the column served to rustle up outrage.

'I detest Trump – and there are loads of things to criticise the cretinous orange felon for – but I fail to see how this is his – or America's – responsibility,' one user wrote.

Others were less diplomatic: 'Rubbish. America was the first to offer help,' stated another.

'US taxpayers are expected to automatically foot the bills for disasters worldwide? Do you think this piece will influence assistance beyond Rubio's commitment to aid?,' tweeted one.

'That's insane and gaslighting,' declared a fourth.

'How is an earthquake Trump's fault? Good grief. America doesn't have to finance the entire world. When did that start?,' wrote another exasperated user.

'Wake up, Sky News. This is embarrassing.'

Stoking the anger was the perceived opportunism in Waghorn's column.

The earthquake had only occurred mere hours before Sky's analysis appeared online.

'Pick your act up, Sky,' another reader wrote. 'A tragedy is not a thesis.'

Myanmar's junta is now facing its own reckoning. General Min Aung Hlaing, the authoritarian leader who seized power in a bloody 2021 coup, was forced to issue rare pleas for international help breaking years of diplomatic isolation as the military's grip on power continued to slip.

In his column, Waghorn noted the irony writing, 'The disaster is so bad that Hlaing has broken his government's self-imposed isolation to appeal for help from the outside world.'

Indeed, Myanmar's state media confirmed on Saturday that the junta had made formal overtures to China, Russia, and India for urgent assistance.

But its own people remain deeply distrustful of the regime, and many international NGOs have been barred from operating freely inside the country.

Ironically, even before USAID's closure, much of America's humanitarian footprint in Myanmar had already been obstructed by military gatekeeping.

Despite the political uproar, Waghorn's piece forces the US to address what role the country should play when responding to global disasters.

USAID, once the crown jewel of American soft power, had long been both praised and criticized for its omnipresence. But its abrupt shutdown under DOGE as left a void.

Some commenting online felt Trump was right to look after America's interests first.

'Why should the USA fund every crisis that happens?' one user tweeted. 'Why aren't they putting away for a disaster fund in those risk-exposed countries? Stop relying on the begging bowl!'

Can someone refresh my memory of how much money or aid the Republic of the Union of Myanmar provided the good people of South Carolina, after Hurricane Helene trampled them this past September?

I'll wait...

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Can someone refresh my memory of how much money or aid the Republic of the Union of Myanmar provided the good people of South Carolina, after Hurricane Helene trampled them this past September?

I'll wait...

Nor any other country's offer for assistance...

This message has been edited. Last edited by: downtownv,

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...actions taken to shut down USAID on an accelerated basis… likely violated the Constitution in multiple ways.

I didn't think the Constitution worked with 'likely' and 'kinda'.

Is that similar to 'somewhat pregnant' and 'mostly on parole'?

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I didn't think the Constitution worked with 'likely'...

It's ok, as long as you're a leftist federal judge. What a fucking embarrassment.

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Pipe Smoker
Baroque Bloke

posted March 29, 2025 05:59 PM Hide Post
^^^^
How many more posts are we going to see about that nothin’ burger?

I guess not everyone is as certain as you are that it is a nothin' burger.

And, by the way, your post added yet one more.

quote:

Originally posted by sigmonkey:

Can someone refresh my memory of how much money or aid the Republic of the Union of Myanmar provided the good people of South Carolina, after Hurricane Helene trampled them this past September?

Thank you.

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program.
In Trump's first remarks since Iran rejected direct negotiations with Washington last week, he told NBC News that U.S. and Iranian officials were talking, but did not elaborate.
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"If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing," Trump said in a telephone interview. "It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before."
"There's a chance that if they don't make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago," he added.
Iran sent a response through Oman to a letter from Trump urging Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal, saying its policy was to not engage in direct negotiations with the United States while under its maximum pressure campaign and military threats, Tehran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated the policy on Sunday. "Direct negotiations (with the U.S.) have been rejected, but Iran has always been involved in indirect negotiations, and now too, the Supreme Leader has emphasized that indirect negotiations can still continue," he said, referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In the NBC interview, Trump also threatened so-called secondary tariffs, which affect buyers of a country's goods, on both Russia and Iran. He signed an executive order last week authorizing such tariffs on buyers of Venezuelan oil.
Illustration shows 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and U.S. and Iran flags
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Speaking to reporters later on Sunday on Air Force One, Trump said he is going to make a decision on the secondary tariffs based on whether Tehran makes a deal.
"We'll probably give it a couple of weeks and if we don't see any progress, we're going to put them on. We're not putting them on right now. But if you remember, I did that six years ago, and it worked very well," he said.
In his first 2017-21 term, Trump withdrew the U.S. from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed strict limits on Tehran's disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.
Trump also reimposed sweeping U.S. sanctions. Since then, the Islamic Republic has far surpassed the agreed limits in its escalating program of uranium enrichment.
Tehran has so far rebuffed Trump's warning to make a deal or face military consequences.
Western powers accuse Iran of having a clandestine agenda to develop nuclear weapons capability by enriching uranium to a high level of fissile purity, above what they say is justifiable for a civilian atomic energy program.
Tehran says its nuclear program is wholly for civilian energy purposes.


https://www.reuters.com/world/...ear-deal-2025-03-30/

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Originally posted by Cookster:
The anti-American shit-bags at Rutgers now needs to lose their $560 MILLION in Federal support -



All of the Ivies, as well as many others-- Rutgers endowment is $2 billion-- should not be receiving a penny of federal money! Yale's endowment is $40 billion! Harvard's is $50.7 billion!

If these schools were as socially conscious as they pretend to be, every financially needy student in the freshman class would enter tuition free. The total sum would be immediately replaced by interest on their endowments.

It is outrageous that tax monies, much of it coming from families who are struggling, should go to super-wealthy prestige schools.

DOGE is going after the members of congress that have gotten rich way beyond their salaries.

https://redstate.com/rusty-wei...-20-million-n2187314

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Originally posted by Plugugly:
DOGE is going after the members of congress that have gotten rich way beyond their salaries.

https://redstate.com/rusty-wei...-20-million-n2187314

I think that will a very dangerous thing to do.

I hope he catches a bunch of them.

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Originally posted by PASig:
https://x.com/JoshuaLisec/status/1906691897537519630

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You say you want a revolution. well, we'd love to see the Plan... Macron will back right down In French Tradition.

Marine LaPen sentenced....for what crime exactly?